A millisecond (from milli- and second; symbol: ms) is a thousandth (10−3 or 1/1,000) of a second. 10 milliseconds (a hundredth of a second) are called a centisecond, commonly seen on many stopwatches but often mistakenly referred to as milliseconds. 100 milliseconds (one tenth of a second) are called a decisecond. To help compare orders of magni... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millisecond